Jack Mycka
@JackMycka
Partner at @MMEAdvisors, father, fan of Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Giants, music (Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, NOLA jazz) and travel enthusiast.
Dave Parker - 2025 MLB Topps NOW® - Card 476 $5.25 each
Getting closer to the 1925 pennant & Championship @1925Bucs
On this date in 1925, Lee Meadows tossed a complete game and improved to 14-5 in a 5-1 win over the Boston Braves. Meadows won 19 games and had 20 complete games for the 1925 World Champion @Pirates team.
MVP Batting Champion All-Star World Series Champion Legend Hall of Famer Dave 'The Cobra' Parker will forever be enshrined in Cooperstown.
Sorry for no notice, but it’s the last Sunday in July, so here is the Pittsburgh-only buy/sell/trade thread! Post your Steelers, Pirates, Penguins, Pitt, PSU and other relevant items and want lists here. Please post prices, tag your friends, retweet, no razzes, and have fun!
"I look at my hand and see my World Series ring. It takes 25 guys to make a team, but I know who put that ring over my knuckle...Roberto Clemente." ~ Richie Hebner
A cannon for an arm. A keen batting eye. Lightning-fast hands. Taking a look back at Dave "The Cobra" Parker ahead of his induction into the @baseballhall tomorrow.
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Gwost was a late pop-up with an interesting lefty bat, Nebraska recruit. Moody is a projectable 6-foot-7, 200-pounder who was also a star quarterback, fastball up to 96 mph, Arkansas recruit. @MLBDraft
With the @Pirates failing to sign 2nd-rder Angel Cervantes, they used their extra pool $ to sign two late-rounders. Minnesota prep OF Carter Gwost (17th rd) signs for $497,500 & Arkansas prep RHP McLane Moody (15th rd) inks for $463,100. @MLBDraft
Baseball has a new No. 1 prospect ... Meet 19-year-old Konnor Griffin, the @Pirates' 2024 first-rounder who has made an unprecedented rise to the top spot: atmlb.com/3Ut851P
There is only one Cobra. For the remainder of the season, we will wear a special jersey patch to honor the legacy of Hall of Famer Dave Parker.
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"It should have happened a long time ago, in my mind." Paul Molitor discusses being a part of the committee that voted Dave Parker and Dick Allen into the Hall of Fame.